Arizona lawmakers have passed a $16.1 billion budget, with the Attorney General criticizing some funding sweeps as 'unlawful'. Governor Katie Hobbs has vetoed bills related to psychedelic mushrooms, detransitioners' rights, and explicit materials, citing concerns over evidence, privacy risks, and experimental therapies. The budget includes $5 million in research funding for mushrooms. The state's controversial voucher program has caused debate and school closures, shifting funds from public to private schools.
Arizona budget cuts university scholarship funding, programs to address teacher shortage https://t.co/Ps6PtujlDb
Katie Hobbs vetoes Arizona’s Detransitioner Bill of Rights which would provide insurance coverage for those harmed by sex changes https://t.co/PV1zu0qXSB
Arizona’s experience should be a wake up call. Ripping off taxpayer money from public schools and giving it to private schools for tuition vouchers is a disaster. NC legislators should stop unaccountable voucher expansion. - RC https://t.co/ExZLyr6kii
Arizona’s controversial voucher program shifts funds from public to private schools, causing debate and school closures. https://t.co/B6HS907m5O
YIKES: Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs (D) vetoed a bill to legalize psilocybin service centers where people could have received the psychedelic—saying people with depression & PTSD shouldn't be the "subject of experiments for unproven therapies." https://t.co/VKm5RTYf4U https://t.co/ME2H5bDwLF
Note: the Democratic party (despite a few outliers) is so committed to advancing gender madness that the Dem gov. of Arizona VETOED a bill intended to make sure that people harmed by "gender transition" medicine are covered when they realize this was a tragic mistake. https://t.co/RVLx4PfuS9
Hobbs vetoes bills on explicit materials, psychedelics, gender detransition https://t.co/oVhkOqVBvA
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs has vetoed the state’s detransitioner’s bill of rights, stating, “This bill is unnecessary and would create a privacy risk for patients.” According to AZ Mirror, “The legislation would mandate that any health care institution or doctor who provides… https://t.co/XixfN6NxCC
UPDATE @GovernorHobbs vetoes bill that would have licensed clinics to use magic mushrooms for mental health treatment. But she notes new state budget extends $5 million in research funding for mushrooms that was set to expire June 30. #SB1570 https://t.co/aOtZYwobPT #SB1570
Hobbs *vetoes* psychedelic mushrooms bill that passed legislature overwhelmingly, saying “we do not yet have the evidence needed to support widespread clinical expansion.” https://t.co/8kXHKmCU8C
Instead of focusing on vouchers, our atty @Dan_UA said, lawmakers should pass the House bill for transformative public school funding. “We are at a moment here where we can actually begin to turn the corner in our public education system.” https://t.co/rMpu1BOPwW
Arizona lawmakers pass $16.1 billion budget; AG calls some funding sweeps ‘unlawful’ https://t.co/IpMbB2eRoH https://t.co/3vxKny8bGJ